Okatsuka posted the censorship rules for the controversial comedy festival, noting how many "You can’t say anything anymore!" comedians have signed on. www.avclub.com/riyadh-comed...

I have been working on a very long treatise on this subject, which leads directly into the successful Latin American battles for university autonomy, a lesson I think the US should quickly learn

I'm just surprised a Silvio Rodriguez song is playing at a Starbucks

Full ass books. Public school in Miami. Graduated 2004. Thank god because that's what introduced me to Zora Neale Hurston.

BREAKING: The Federal Bureau of Prisons just terminated its union's collective bargaining agreement this afternoon, according to this letter posted online by the national union president:

Excellent look at the $67M parcel of land in downtown Miami that Miami Dade College hurriedly transferred to the state this week so that it can be gifted to the Trump Presidential Library. “There was a lot of sacrifice in order to gain that piece of land for the expansion of the college..."

Florida is about to hand over some of the most valuable land in the entire state to President Trump for a presidential library -- and hotel. It's valued at least $67 million + was owned by Miami Dade College. Former school pres Padrón calls the gift "unimaginable." www.wlrn.org/government-p...

Hard to imagine a more terrifying thing happening to you

today the @wired.com mural in bushwick they’re working on zuck dog leg and sam altman dog manicure so tag us if u see us

Oh History, you tease

Foreign aid is now okay for chainsaw Milei

Why are people so beholden to mere words, like they have a magical physical force? People can talk. What are they gonna do, raid the meeting? Catch a free speech lawsuit? Shut down the group? Literally what are the stakes for not doing some civil disobedience?

A friend's mom commented to me the other day that the most horrifying thing happening right now is that Christians are turning away from every tenet of Christianity and they don't even realize it

Halloween vibes coming a little early this year

"Thirty one journalists and media staff were killed by Israeli strikes on newspaper offices in Yemen last week in what the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said on Friday was the deadliest attack on journalists in the last 16 years." www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

Except.. employers are already sending out emails to H1-B recipients telling them to think long and hard about leaving the country after September 20th - even if they have a valid visa - because they might have to pay $100K to get back in

Department of Truth (and War) vibes. If anyone signs this you are pledging to do PR for the government, not be a real reporter.

The entire world would literally change overnight and I am hardly exaggerating

This kind of repudiation of the Supreme Court by a state Supreme Court justice is very rare. But — speaking as a former Alaska Supreme Court clerk — this is also part of their structural purpose. There’s a reason our rights can be, and often are, given *better* protection under state constitutions.

“This policy operates as a prior restraint on publication which is considered the most serious of First Amendment violations,” we told @kenbensinger.bsky.social “The government cannot prohibit journalists from public information merely by claiming it’s a secret or even a national security threat.”

The FCC never threatened ABC's broadcast license. Most ABC stations are locally owned and independently licensed anyways -- so you'd actually have to pull hundreds of licenses. What the FCC head did is issue a vague, generalized threat to create headaches and problems.

I stayed up very very late last night watching the Miami-Dade County final budget hearing. Process started w/ $400 mil shortfall. Ultimately, most austerity measures were rolled back, including a proposed 50 cent increase on train and bus fares. All the details here: www.wlrn.org/government-p...

These new US citizenship questions feel like a trap if you know what I mean

Tallahassee I'm coming for you! Join me for a conversation with Kat Payne of the AP on October 16 at Midtown Reader. Tell your legislators, tell your mom, tell your college roomie. midtownreader.com/event/2025-1...

To a lot of Americans getting arrested is the absolute worst thing you can imagine. It can affect your job, your housing, etc.. But at some point, a more generalized willingness to get arrested for dissent becomes just a fact of life in a society sliding towards authoritarianism.

Preorder copies are already being received by some people. Get your copy today! upf.com/book.asp?id=... Also, launch event at Books & Books on Oct 9th. RSVP here: www.eventbrite.com/e/an-evening... Thanks Craig 😀

That’s what makes this so scary: Any assumption of democratic resilience was predicated on the idea that civil society actors with enormous resources at their disposal and the law on their side – universities, law firms, media companies… – would push back. But so many simply won’t, or not anymore.

Not at all unique to Nazism. This is a common fact of life in dictatorships, period. Franco Spain, communist Cuba, etc.. They're often "unions" in name but they are by no means independent of the party in power. Independent and democratic groups of culture makers are a no no.

This is why they are going after public tv and radio too. As nonprofits they cannot be bought out by corporations. We *have* gotten *some* gov funding, but far from a majority. And oh yeah the FCC is "investigating" licenses of many public radio stations to round it all out. An all out war.

“…our words have made you rich.” deadline.com/2025/09/sag-...

The objective of journalism is not balance. The objective is trying to get as close to the truth as possible. If editors don't understand this they are not fit for the job.

The religious-like belief in American exceptionalism is a blind, deaf and dumb ideology

This was after Colbert was canceled. Which was two months ago.

Haven't seen it articulated so clearly but this is at the core of a lot of what's going on: "Winning isn't the point -- the process is the punishment." Another version of "You don't beat the ride" to jail, even if you later beat the case in court. A whole government running on this!

My book is now sitting on my desk. A lifelong dream has come true. Feels absolutely surreal. Official release date is October 7 but some preorders are already being shipped out. Let's gooooo Buy here: bookshop.org/p/books/just...

Here's an op-ed about how Spain PM Pedro Sanchez is "the worst ruler in Spanish history" and the primary specific policy gripe it mentions with Sanchez is his bad relationship with Israel. Literally que tiene que ver. www.wsj.com/opinion/the-...

When John Yoo is the voice of moderation we are deep in it. He's the dude who wrote the memos offering legal justification for the Bush torture program, black sites, Abu Ghraib, etc..

These shifting "free speech" stances are not about the quest to find a winning argument that will rise to the top in the "marketplace of ideas." They are an effort to get a preferred outcome.

Built in the 13th century. What is the fundamental difference between this and the Taliban blowing up the Buddhist monuments?

What's craziest is that most people riding this wave do not even realize their opinions have changed in any way

The US moves closer and closer to the European conception of free speech and away from the "classical" and holistic, no-bounds version of free speech that conservatives claim to have championed for years

BOOK LAUNCH EVENT on October 9th at 7pm at Books & Books in Coral Gables. As one reviewer put it: "If you want to understand Florida and what our democracy remains up against, this important book is a must." Full tour deets coming soon. RSVP to this launch here: www.eventbrite.com/e/an-evening...

The inside world of fed government contractors is icky as all hell, full of questionable ethics, captured agencies and perverse incentives, but it's hard to run on policies that literally lead to you personally losing your source of income

This country is shooting itself on the face in the most spectacular way with anti-renewable policies and every country in the world is watching us do it and laughing

ICE says officers were conducting a "targeted law enforcement activity" when an officer shot a man during a traffic stop. via @wbez.org

Greece actually very much inspired Trumpism by moving to deport foreign students (fellow EU students btw) that participated in pro-Palestine protests last year

Student journalists at The University of Texas at Dallas formed a guerilla newspaper, The Retrograde, after being dismissed from their school's paper for their coverage of the 2023 pro-Palestine protests on campus. They shared their story with UR contributor Aeffia Feuerstein.

Against all manner of catastrophic threats, Brazil is taking its sovereignty seriously and using that sovereignty to defend its fragile democracy. Inspiring, really.

This continues to be the best description of what's happening right now in the US

"We emailed Infidels MC for comment. In response, Mr Mulford instructed fellow leaders of the biker gang not to reply but included the BBC when he clicked 'reply all'—inadvertently disclosing email addresses and names of fellow Infidels MC members...working in Gaza." www.bbc.com/news/article...